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Intercultural Comm Values Apr06 Handout
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Intercultural Communications Cultural Values Rico Vallejos President and Creative Director Int’l & Ethnic Communications, Inc. [email protected] phone 763-535-9572 ©2006 Rico Vallejos and Int’l & Ethnic Communications, Inc. www.LatinoCreative.com Multicultural Communications • Communications: transferring meanings – Sender encodes and sends message – Receiver receives message and decodes it ©2006 Rico Vallejos and Int’l & Ethnic Communications, Inc. www.LatinoCreative.com Multicultural Communications • The Multicultural element – Cultural differences – Styles of communication ©2006 Rico Vallejos and Int’l & Ethnic Communications, Inc. www.LatinoCreative.com Cultural Differences: Values Individual Orientation • Individualism • Personal success • Competition • Independence • Privacy Group Orientation • Group harmony • Family security • Compromise/consensus • Dependence • Intimacy Mainstream American Many Other Cultures ©2006 Rico Vallejos and Int’l & Ethnic Communications, Inc. www.LatinoCreative.com Cultural Values • Informality • Casual = friendly • Future Orientation • Efficiency • Prompt = respect • Direct = honest • Formality • Protocol = respect • Past/Present • Relationship • Relat/event is important • Save face, harmony ©2006 Rico Vallejos and Int’l & Ethnic Communications, Inc. www.LatinoCreative.com Cultural Values • Personal Space • Egalitarian • Age orientation • Young (old = frail and unproductive) • Shared space, closer • Hierarchical • Age orientation • Old (associated with wisdom, related to past orientation) ©2006 Rico Vallejos and Int’l & Ethnic Communications, Inc. www.LatinoCreative.com
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- 1. Multicultural Communications Intercultural Communications Communications: transferring meanings Cultural Values Sender encodes and sends message Rico Vallejos President and Creative Director Receiver receives message and decodes it Intl & Ethnic Communications, Inc. [email protected] phone 763-535-9572 2006 Rico Vallejos and Intl & Ethnic Communications, Inc. www.LatinoCreative.com 2006 Rico Vallejos and Intl & Ethnic Communications, Inc. www.LatinoCreative.com Multicultural Communications Cultural Differences: Values Mainstream American Many Other Cultures The Multicultural element Individual Orientation Group Orientation Individualism Group harmony Cultural differences Personal success Family security Competition Compromise/consensus Styles of communication Independence Dependence Privacy Intimacy 2006 Rico Vallejos and Intl & Ethnic Communications, Inc. www.LatinoCreative.com 2006 Rico Vallejos and Intl & Ethnic Communications, Inc. www.LatinoCreative.com Cultural Values Cultural Values Informality Formality Personal Space Shared space, closer Casual = friendly Protocol = respect Egalitarian Hierarchical Future Orientation Past/Present Age orientation Age orientation Efficiency Relationship Young (old = Old (associated with frail and wisdom, related to past Prompt = respect Relat/event is important unproductive) orientation) Direct = honest Save face, harmony 2006 Rico Vallejos and Intl & Ethnic Communications, Inc. www.LatinoCreative.com 2006 Rico Vallejos and Intl & Ethnic Communications, Inc. www.LatinoCreative.com
- 2. Communication Styles Communication Styles Based on type of communication Direct vs. Indirect Verbal communications: pitch, timing, use High-Context: implicit, indirect of silence Low-Context: explicit, direct Non-Verbal/kinesics: eye contact, facial expressions, personal space, use of hands, gestures, body postures 2006 Rico Vallejos and Intl & Ethnic Communications, Inc. www.LatinoCreative.com 2006 Rico Vallejos and Intl & Ethnic Communications, Inc. www.LatinoCreative.com Multicultural Barriers Multicultural Barriers Cultural values and customs Language and negotiation Identify objectives and explore options Be careful with generalizations: think of the local context Set short- and long-term considerations Determine sequence of topics to discuss Listen to your cultural informant Be careful with translations 2006 Rico Vallejos and Intl & Ethnic Communications, Inc. www.LatinoCreative.com 2006 Rico Vallejos and Intl & Ethnic Communications, Inc. www.LatinoCreative.com Ethnocentrism Q&A Evaluation of other cultures Gracias! in terms of our own cultural values and communication styles. Rico Vallejos [email protected] Reasoning which concludes CREDIT within text: (Vallejos 2006) And then CREDIT in Works Cited (or if just footnoted): that ones own culture is best. Vallejos, Rico, quot;Intercultural Communicationsquot; lecture UST 2006, www.LatinoCreative.com. 2006 Rico Vallejos and Intl & Ethnic Communications, Inc. www.LatinoCreative.com
